Showtime's Gossip docuseries doesn't offer much insight

Variety

The four-part docuseries on the gossip industry is a combination of a personal biography of legendary gossip columnist Cindy Adams and an analysis of the rise of former President Donald Trump. "These are done to varying degrees of competency, and even a personality as big as Adams’ can’t hold this documentary together," says Daniel D'Addario. He adds: "Gossip’s shortcomings seem to suit its subject. It is, in the main, a vehicle for delivering incident, personality, and verve: it will leave you with the understanding that the New York City tabloid press was among the authors of Trump’s success. It imparts little sense of what anything it has to tell us means — or, indeed, how that press exists today beyond Adams."